[Bulletman]

   Beautifull !    Italians.... what an eye.

Indeed.......

[azcatfan]

Did the 7" light upgrade, I cannot believe I waited until now!  It is really nice having an RE dealer on my way home from work that carries stuff.  Also ordered the bullet turn signals and some gaskets and other stuff :-)

[gremlin]

AZCATFAN <--   Looks good.  I like the yellow hue to the headlamp, reminiscent of the old lucas 6 volt systems.

[Alan LaRue]

Ordered a rear carrier from Hitchcocks, priced at £58.00. Got an email from them asking me to confirm, as the shipping would be £78.00. I asked them to cancel the order!



I wish something like this were available from Nfieldgear. This is made in England and is rated at 7.5kg (16.5 lbs). The made-in-India adjustable rear carrier at Nfieldgear is priced nice at $64.95, but doesn't properly fit the B5, and eventually cracked on both sides even though the top-case I had on it was only used for carrying rain gear and an iPad. I may order another one, anyway, but I would love to have something really sturdy.

Hitchcock's also has a set of side carriers that come with the small Givi panniers. Maybe I should find a local welding shop and have something custom made.

[Ducati Scotty]

Why not get the one you had that cracked reinforced and customized?  Take it to a welder and have him repair and custom fit it. 

Scott

[High On Octane]

+1

That's what I'd do.  Fix what you have and make it stronger.

[caricabasso]

Il mio consiglio è di acquistare una saldatrice elettrica inverter.
Con questo attrezzo puoi costruire ciò che vuoi in acciaio inossidabile e saldare con elettrodi da 1,6 mm. è molto facile.

[Mr.Mazza]

Il mio consiglio è di acquistare una saldatrice elettrica inverter.
Con questo attrezzo puoi costruire ciò che vuoi in acciaio inossidabile e saldare con elettrodi da 1,6 mm. è molto facile.

Something about an Electrical inverter you aqqquired and soldering? My Italiano is hopeless considrring im half wog half Aussie!

[gashousegorilla]

  I believe it is something like.... " Buy a welder and you can build whatever you like."   I believe he is referring to stainless TIG welding.....Electric.  He's right .

[High On Octane]

+1 to owning a welder!   

[Alan LaRue]

Il mio consiglio è di acquistare una saldatrice elettrica inverter.
Con questo attrezzo puoi costruire ciò che vuoi in acciaio inossidabile e saldare con elettrodi da 1,6 mm. è molto facile.

My advice is to buy an electric welder inverter. With this tool you can build what you want and stainless steel welding electrodes with 1.6 mm. is very easy.

You know, I've never welded, but welders these days aren't too expensive... Never too old to learn!

[High On Octane]

You know, I've never welded, but welders these days aren't too expensive... Never too old to learn!

You obviously have a computer and youtube is jam packed with instructional and how to videos. 

Scottie j

[caricabasso]

Something about an Electrical inverter you aqqquired and soldering? My Italiano is hopeless considrring im half wog half Aussie!

I speak of an  electrode welding (not  a TIG because expensive and difficult to use), such as this one that you see on E-bay:

http://www.ebay.it/sch/i.html?_nkw=welder%20inverter&clk_rvr_id=613564178323&adpos=1t1&MT_ID=65&crlp=15281401703_2420816&device=c&geo_id=33486&keyword=welder+inverter&crdt=0

that I use is this:

http://www.comifer.sm/cat0_4723_4724_4725/saldatura-elettrodo/saldatrici-inverter-deca/saldatrici-hobbistiche/p15969-saldatrice-inverter-deca-starmos-120-80-amp.php?gclid=CMm9_OPMw70CFYbMtAodkWgASw

Until a few years ago I never thought of trying to weld.
My job is far from these arguments because I'm a lawyer, but does not prevent me to devote myself to manual labor that I consider the best antidote to stress
Then I decided, and I bought the welder inverter and I started alone.
I found that the stainless steel is easier to saladre than for iron, welder inverter facilitates the operation because the arc is more fluid without jumps.
In addition, the stainless steel, highly polished, very similar to nickel-plating , as it was once.
The secret for newbies is to use very small electrodes, I use those 1.6 mm., And solder points close together, sometimes you file the welding and and then fills with other solder points until a satisfactory result.
Also everything you will build for the bike requires stainless steel pipes and plates of small thickness, so the small electrodes are recommended.

[Roeland]

I have a very basic TIG welder and found it extremely difficult to use. For the contruction of stainless steel side carriers for saddle bags I reverted to MIG welding. The stainless steel is 2mm thick x 20 mm wide and I welded these into an angel frame (lengthwise - next time I buy angles). Easier, but still difficult as the stainless tends to wrap very easily when heated. Always good to clamp everything down very sturdy and spot weld all around before finishing the long welds.

[High On Octane]

Man, the bike is a total dog with the 21 tooth front sprocket.       I retarded the timing a couple of degrees and played with the carb a bit and this is the best I could do.  The clutch works greats but I'm not happy with the gearing.  Maybe I just need more HP. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uuqVotj7Q


Scottie J